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The NAD is the nation's premier civil rights organization of, by and for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States of America.

NAD, NFL, and CBS Collaborate to Increase Captioned Super Bowl Commercials

Fri, 05 Feb 2010

The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and the National Football League (NFL) along with CBS Corporation, the network airing Super Bowl XLIV on February 7, 2010, have collaborated to make advertisers who purchase Super Bowl commercials aware of the importance of captioning their content. As a result of these efforts, viewers should notice an increased number of captioned commercials compared to previous Super Bowls. The NAD thanks the NFL and CBS Corporation for their efforts to promote closed captioning of the television commercials.

NAD Supports NVRC in Monitoring Super Bowl Commercials

Fri, 05 Feb 2010

The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) supports the efforts of the Northern Virginia Resource Center (NVRC) to monitor and count the number of Super Bowl commercials that are captioned. The deaf and hard of hearing community has engaged in an annual ritual of counting the number of captioned advertisements during the Super Bowl.

NAD Works with NFL to Bring ASL to the Super Bowl

Sun, 31 Jan 2010

The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and the National Football League (NFL) are pleased to announce that deaf students from the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind will perform the National Anthem at both the Pro Bowl and the Super Bowl this year in Miami Gardens, Florida. The NAD worked closely with the NFL to ensure that the Anthem would be signed by talented deaf persons at both bowl events.

NAD Responds to Criticism of H.R. 3101 in the LA Times

Sun, 31 Jan 2010

The NAD responded to an opinion published on January 25, 2010 in the LA Times by Berin Szoka of the Progress & Freedom Foundation about access to the Internet by people with disabilities.  Mr. Szoka believes that “innovation and competition – not mandates – will widen Web access for the disabled.” To reach this conclusion, Mr. Szoka must ignore history.

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Submitted by Bobbie Beth.Scoggins—Wed, 16 Dec 2009

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Greetings!

I want to take this opportunity to extend warm wishes to you and your loved ones for this year’s holiday season and New Year, on behalf of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Board of Directors and staff.

Submitted by Deaf Pundit—Fri, 20 Nov 2009

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As many members of the Deaf Community, and especially those in the Deaf Education field know, there is a severe nation-wide shortage of Deaf Education teachers who are proficient in American Sign Language (ASL). According to DeafED.net, there are currently seventy D/HH teacher training programs in the United States, but it is not known exactly how many programs train the future teachers to use ASL.

Submitted by Alexis.Kashar—Mon, 26 Oct 2009

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a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.

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